Cuisinart CRC-400 4-Cup Rice Cooker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Cuisinart CRC-400 4-Cup Rice Cooker
Customer Review: Performance questionable
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a well designed, attractive unit to use as an extra, helpful kitchen appliance. It's particularly good for steaming a single portion of vegetables. For rice is only so-so, not much better than just doing it the old fashion way on the stove. In my first experience carefully following the instructions and measurements, the water/rice mixture overflowed and made a mess well down inside the unit. The instructions emphasize to always point the steam exhaust toward the back. Now I know why, it will spit all over you and your kitchen floor if you don't. Customer Review: Cuisinart CRC-400 4-Cup Rice Cooker
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product. It was given as a give and the family that got it love it.Customer Review: Don't buy this
Summary: 1 Stars
Not a good choice-must be watched to make sure it doesn't boil over, didn't switch to warm automatically & burns. Spend a little more $$ and get a programmable unit if you cook rice often.Customer Review: Great multi-purpose cooker
Summary: 4 Stars
We use our CRC 400 rice cooker for cooking rice, oatmeal and steaming vegetables. Rice: We use one cup rice and 2 cups water and add a small amount of margarine; it does not boil over or make a mess. Oatmeal: It does an excellent job, we leave the lid off the entire time it cooks. [It does make a mess with the lid on]. Steaming: We leave the lid on and use the stainless collander that was included; does an excellent job, no mess. We particularly like the retractable cord which makes it convenient to leave on the kitchen counter. We think it is very handsome. Overall, after using it for 2 months about 6 days a week we are very happy with it, we would purchase it again. Suggestion: As with any kitchen appliance that produces steam, when using, move it away from under wood cabinets to avoid damaging the finish and loosening glued joints. Customer Review: Awful....just awful....
Summary: 1 Stars
This product should serve as nothing more than a stainless steel paperweight. After having my trusty (if battered and aged) old rice cooker replaced by this contraption after my wedding, it quickly became apparent that Cuisinart has no idea how to manufacture a quality rice cooker. The product produced a gelatinous goo that bubbled through the steam escape, and even pushed the glass lid ajar. I took to using a piece of tinfoil as the lid, so I could best manage the steam release. My problems are now solved, however---the heating element just burned out; TWO YEARS AFTER WE RECEIVED IT!! I'm a Japanese-American, and grew up eating and cooking rice. Trust me: stay with the Japanese brands!!